Letting the garden grow
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Bad Bedfellow
This morning, I was sleeping well having nice dreams about sunshine and flowers when something crawled across my face. I woke up and brushed it away and the sucker stung me on the palm of my hand. Then it crawled under the covers making me scream and bounce around the bed. Mr. Bad Bug then crawled to the edge of the bed. I went and got some tissue to kill it with. Okay, maybe tissue paper is not the right weapon to use to kill a stinging creature. I was still a little asleep and a lot in pain, cognitave function was not at it's best, just saying. I tried to squash it and the little monster stung me through the paper on the tip of my finger. I dropped it and it stung me again on the side of my finger. At this point Manly Man is awake and very confused. I leave the room to go find Benadryl. When I returned to the bed room, Manly Man was in his tennis shoes and boxers trying to find the bug with a giant mag light. He said it fell off the bed, but we never did find it. I took the blankets outside and shook them out just to be safe. This was the worse wake up ever. Now I am afraid to sleep in my bed.
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Now, see that's why I don't live in Texas - I'd never be able to fall asleep! How horrible. Do you have any idea what it was? Sounds like it's time to get one of those netting canopies that they use in the Caribbean.
ReplyDeleteI HATE to wake up to something unexpected in the bed crawling around; I have cats who regularly bring me "presents" like that! Yuck!
ReplyDeleteOkay that would put me off wanting to crawl under the covers too! I hope it wasn't a scorpion...we use to have to shake our pants out & check our shoes when I was a kid growing up in TX.
ReplyDeleteDebbie ... how do these things keep happening to you girl ? socks taking off from the ceiling fan .. bugs really getting to you ... I am sitting here shaking my head hoping it doesn't pass through the computer to me now ? LOL
ReplyDeleteBaking Soda in warm water will help heal the stings ... make a poultice .. works wonders ! Good Luck bug hunting !
That's not a great alarm clock to wake up to. I think I'd rather wake up to noise than pain. Thankfully I live in a cold climate so I don't think anything nasty like that lives up around here.
ReplyDeleteAt least Manly Man was being helpful, if Cheesehead were there he'd probably pretend to be sleeping still. He dislikes wild criters in our house even more than I do.
AHHHHHHHH!!!! How could Manly Man have slept through so much as the initial scream?! Had that been OFB, he'd have WISHED it was "just" a bug stinging him; in fact, his ears would still be ringing!!! This reminds me of the time when I was a child and reached up to wind my Swiss chalet music box, only to have one of the "rooftiles" lift up and sting me! Turns out there were a pair of yellowjackets on top of the music box. Whatever was attacking you, I hope it shows its face (and stinger) no more!---Silence
ReplyDeleteMr mcgregors daughter, I just don't know how it got in our room.
ReplyDeleteOh no nola. Bad kitties.
Hi Racquel, It was not a scorpion it was some kind of flying thing.
Hi joy, meat tenderizer works too. I don't know what is up around here. Hopefully, this will be the last event.
Hi cinj, horrible way to wake up. Just awful. My finger still hurts.
Hi silence, I hope that when I tried to squash it, I did enough damage that it crawled off and died.
Don't you have a cat? If you do, put the cat under the covers and see if it comes up with anything. I saw Bonnie trying to paw at something underneath a table the other day. Now I realize what it was. While I was typing right here yesterday, a little lizard went scurrying under my feet. But they don't bother me. Hey, do you have one of those gadgets that look like tennis rackets you order online? You equip them with big batteries and they zap/kill/burn the insect immediately. You even hear the sizzle as it fries. I still think the smelly sock on the ceiling fan is a nightmare though.
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Thought of something else I wanted to add. Have you considered that possibly you are cursed? Might have to delve into witch magic to figure it out. Then put the curse on the son who is wont to throw his sock on the ceiling fan. Cure him young.
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Hi brenda, I think a mobile bug zapper may be in my future. Sock on ceiling fan is disgusting. I think the mommy curse will work just fine. They will pay for all of this when they have their own children and I am going to LMAO.
ReplyDeleteDebbi- sure sounds like a scorpion to me. My son got bit 3 times on the knee in the bed one night at our last house. We don't have too many here but we had a ton at the last place. I kept needle-nose pliers around because you can't squish them on carpet or soft surfaces and I'm afraid to step on them in flip flops most of the year. So you nab 'em in the mid-section squeeze hard and then flush them down the toilet. I should patent my system! Good luck...
ReplyDeletediana, It had wings, but it was walking. It wasn't a scorpion thank goodness. that is a great idea about the pliers.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if it was a scorpion or spider at first then saw that you said it was a flying creature. It might have been a type of wasp. I hope you didn't have a reaction to it!
ReplyDeleteHi dave, just a really swollen finger and a drowsy day due to benadryl.
ReplyDeleteOh my. That would scare me to death. We would have to take turns sleeping!!!
ReplyDeletekim and victoria, it was scary and I am still not ready to get back in that bed. I may sleep on the couch.
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